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From: keesan@bbncc5.UUCP (Morris M. Keesan)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Singular/ Plural determiners in coordinate NPs
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Date: Tue, 23-Jul-85 09:02:58 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 23 09:02:58 1985
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In article <177@bcsaic.UUCP> michaelm@bcsaic.UUCP (michael b maxwell) writes:
> [...]
>(5) ?*This/ *These/ The book and magazine are quite old.
>    *This/ *These/ The idea and presentation are both quite boring.
>    *This/ *These/ The apple and orange are good to eat.
>    ?*This/ *These/ The computer and screwdriver are for sale.
>    *This/ *These/ The story and movie are quite different. 
>(I would say something "semanticky" is going on here--e.g. "This apple and
>orange are good to eat together" sounds much better to me.) 

    I agree that the singular "this" or "the" sounds better.  I think there's
an elided article in each of these examples.  I read these as, e.g., 

    This book and [this] magazine are quite old.
    The story and [the] movie are quite different.
-- 
Morris M. Keesan
keesan@bbn-unix.ARPA
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